AFGHANISTAN, April 29 -Iran Update, April 28, 2023Amin Soltani, Annika Ganzeveld, Johanna Moore, and Kitaneh FitzpatrickApril 28, 2023, 5:00 pm ETThe Iran Updates are produced by the Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute with support from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Reuters reported on April 28 that Raisi will visit Syria on May 3 for a two-day trip, citing an informed source. [13] Zahedan residents chanted “referendum, referendum” following Abdol Hamid’s sermon, in which he endorsed holding a political referendum. [23] Industrial workers across central and southern Iran have organized strikes to protest insufficient wages in recent days, as CTP previously reported. [31] CTP previously reported that Coordination Framework parties are reallocating funds from Iraqi provinces to ministries to consolidate government resources.

Source: New York Times April 29, 2023 06:46 UTC